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e eon ldM ,no how der, lkeep her-
ve a, Jed.
t
orry about h sheep....
• . , [calif ' • it ..alis- :carie this.'
c her `fater. N ithe
�r g r Qf them
lad ever referred to the other a ,t
at each knew'of the affair e•
obbery.r�,'I ore than once it
zit :,t p of Cha tilil eB s to
1 kii '
Tias not zn?..is' ;:.'the face again. For the first tune in
. hat he felt;.; and a week he felt . at one with `:creation.
He rode into the ranchplaza. hum
ming •"Dixie." •
On. the day followings- that Of • Lee's
Galli the mine,.Qwner . saddled,:his. •'mare.
and ,took the trail.•'to the half-wa r
irou a •• , •it Tawas:_ not: ^until after the
stage had come and. gone :that he
found•the chance for a word with
Liss lone
y a
`YoriZf submitted ether� my Pro-
position, did he?"" Be:1lamy said by
way elf introducing the subject.
"L• et'a take a walk' on it.' i haven't
been : out of th'e house to -day," she
answered with thes,boyisvihkinright.
ness solneetimes uppermost in' her.
Calling✓ Jim, she left hint 'iie. charge
of the, store, ,Caught up a• Mexi-
co 'sombrero, and i'led the- way tip the
tail to ,* '.grove of''live-oaks' perched
on a bluff above. Below them stretch-
ed the plain, fold, on foId to the blue
horizon edge. Close at hand clumps
Opened t
ell,1,11 lay it
. we're much ohl d to yon, lifr.
M+ e. 1'11 tell �: kti p ll;' be
ed ;:as. an afterthought.
dme diyyn and'talk it over.witit *r �-
sic If: yol: vin maks her see:;
'way, ; good enou
0o
1 Her concept
hiin. _.It. was- a
New Yorke's
have ;.a
gust, l
sehagis
fol' , a • ;ong'. three - Ili felt that he
would" be able to look his little girl in
he. 'h"ott.giiven it up. Now
ltelis came
straight to the paint.
P'
r "I've been writinga letter to Mr.
Morse,, dad, thank g _him • for not
t ,y n : tint. me ar'resi$ed.!!'
I.e`e 'Shot `at:her `.stain 'of , quick
alarm
"Duesha kn w about" it, lie yr
ack + tray'found t the
lei. t �; 1
a<* iii '
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MS" o� '
at
atray says."
"You say -Jack found out all about
it honey?" re ted Lee`in surprise.
ew:: Sea, *. , hey
p 1 � h , elkae. i one arm of
it,rumpled his it as she had
d
always done since she -had been a
Iitt girl, ,kissed hum, and plunged
ht 1►el ;;st4,ryi� ,
e heard her to'thc ; end hent a
s ord, ;hat she noticed'that-he gripped
the chair blika. viieii" she `had fin-
ished he swept her into his arms and
broke down over her,'calling her the
pet names of her childhood.
"Honey -bird . . Dad's little
honey -bird . . I'm that asham-
ed df myselff. 'Twos the' Whiskey: did
it, laznbie. Long as I live I'll nevah
touch it again. I'll sweah that befo'
God. All weak you been packin'-.the
troubles - heaped - on - You,i `precious,
and afteh-you-all saved me from be-
ing' a eriminal.
So he went on, spending his tem-
pestuous • love in endearments and
cases, and 'so .together they after-
wardtalked it out and agreed to send
the letter she had written.
But Lee was not satisfied with her
atonement. He could not rest to let
it go at that, without expressing his
own part in it to Bellamy. Next day
he rode up to the mine, and found its
owner • in workman's slips just step-
ping from the cage. If Bellamy were
surprised to see him, no sign of it
reached his face.
"If you'll wait a minute till I get
these things off, I'll walk up to ' the
cabin with you, Mr. Lee," he said.
"I reckon you got my daughter's
letter," said Lee abruptly as he strode
up the mountainside with his host.
"Yes, I got it an hour ago."
"I be'n and studied it out, Mr.
Morse. I couldn't let it go at that,
and so 'I reckoned I'd jog along. up
hyer and tell you the whole story."
- "That's as you please, Mr. Lee.
I'm quite satisfied as it is."
The rancher went on as if he had
not heard. "'Course I be'n holding
a grudge at you evah since you took
up this hyer claim. I expect that
rankles with me most of the time,
and when I take to drinking seems
to me that mine still belongs to me.,
Well, I heerd tell of that shipment
'youwas making, and I sets out to
git it, for it ce'tainly did seem to be-
long to me. Understand, I wasn't
drunk, but had be'n settin' pretty
steady to the bottle for several days.
Melissy finds it out, no matter how,
and undertakes to keep me out of
trouble. She's that full of sand, She•
nevah once thought of the danger or
the consequences. Anyhow, she meant
to git the bullion back to you afteh
the thing had blown over."
"I haven't doubted that a moment
since I knew she did it," said Bellamy
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4.06 quietly.
4.18 "Glad to hear it. I be'nmisjudgin'
4.20 you, seh, but you're a white man
4.$2 afteh all. Well, you know the rest
4.40 of the story: how she. held up the
4.50 stage, how Jack dropped in befo' our
5.05 tracks were covered, how smart he
worked tette whole thing out, and how
my little gyurl confessed to him to
save Me."'
• "Yes, t kti7 w• all that."
"What :kind of a:figure do I make
in . thief First • First off rI , act like a durn
fool; and she has to-step'•in to save
me.- Then I let her tote the worry
of it around while I ride off to Mesa.
When Jack runs me down, she takes
the Blaine again. To finish up with;
she writes you 'a letter of thanks, jest
as if the whole fault was hers."
The old soldier selected a smooth
rock and splashed it with tobacco
juice before he continued with rising
10.04 indignation against himself..
101,a "I'm a fine father for a gyurl like
10.80 that, ain't I? ' Up to ' -date I always
had. an idea I was some sort of a
nian, batt dad tamitl' I cayn't see it
liy!'er. To think of me lettin' my lit -
.41,e gyuri stand the consequences of
ni meanness.. No, Mr. Morse, that's
one toe's ibeh for' 'Champ Lee. He's
net -going tch o. tenanother drop
ofisy- teng' era hell -nes."
"Clad to bear it. .That's a square
amend bo make line she will slip e'el
ate."
ISO x took a 15asear:.,iip.hyex, to ex-
plain ibis, and to thank you for yore
kindness. Foe' is, Mr. Morse, it
Wiild havejet about killed me. it
'thin t d;; appned to my. little
Y s , t to say that if you
brofher you couldn't'
ere tae 4loElii g else to .do'<' alt
happens t'Viat '1 "non• h her .debt Site
saved niy life' tilde. -Bes)des; 1 ness;
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Clinton 6.26
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Seafordi" a:(..: 10.66' 6.58
Clinton ...... .11.10 ' 6.08
Holmesville .. 11.20 7.08
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East
Tt was ef. his tongue
that she was gloriously
most - girls he had luno
tion 'sealed his lips.
her of .life in the city
means to society w'omm r .
ness and: unsatisfactieu Y
His condemnation w s .
positive to her. "I'd.Ii ,
for myself some time
anyhow it : must be niw
the money you want
travel," she said.
This gave him . his 006
a es one inde
m e
u9
tlst the , bent tlz 8ve
-*•a sort of spaciousnes'
ed • perceptibly before he k't
hope you have decided*
ner in the mine."
aratoied
country sbeep,� d 1►- cow. = "r;
would I'.,at to "be ' iteine u 1 hate tse
u back'
take .flier ss'' n�tout
o f a dosen . fe s. svo days ago
1 had an offer or'my` wh le bunch,
and to-miorrit •'-'I'za going to .tale
th. f;�rst instt4tnent''ever the ►ass and
d ve,the `,do to the..rail�ro�r
"But., you'll liaise to cross. the plead
line to' get over the. pass," she said
-quickly; for*all Cattleland knew that
guard had' been : wi►tehitrg his 'herds
to • see 'they did not cress the pass.
"Yes. Fm,going'to: send Aln-.with
[t of proof j a: Ietter to YF'arnums I •don't think
yy'ggo there there will be any opposition to my
•ee. And , cro'asing it when .my object is • under-
-have aUl,..stiood," .he smiled.
which tot Melissy - watched him ride away,
strong ' and rugged and ungraceful,
fug. "It from the head to the heel of 'him a'
i think man. Life. had gone hard with him.
d woe her that werethe
can give Bhe' wonders t ha h
tie wait, reason' her heart went out to him so
ded: "I warmly,.
y part -As she Moved about her work that
o.
;lady -the
Mrd him
tell her
nt from
discre-
w he t31d
*hat it
to empti-
day and the next little snatches of
song broke from her, bubbling forth
like laughter, born of the quiet hap-
piness within, for which she-eeuh1'
give no reason. - n
After the stage had gone she sad-
dled her pony and rode toward the
head • of the pass. In an hour or two
now the sheep would be pouring a-
cross the divide, and she wanted to
• "I've decided not to "
"I'm sorry: But why`3`"
"It's yopr mine.( It i 'treurs."
"That's nonsense. I itIvAtis in my
heart, recognized' a mor'aL claim you
have. Besides,' the case' '•t finish-
ed yet. 'Perhacs youij father may
win his contest. I'm all for, settling
out of court."
some le^ x figs ltlt'3tIz 'M'.
4•03P
lk elissy needed, hear np';
und'erzstand,the situation,,';
had, the next words sof , Boone,
have cleared it up.
"When I tnet up' with you,:, an
pened on the news 04. 700 ,s'.
ing a message -to Atrium, and
1' got onto. the foot that Mese, :as
you call' hizn,: was' moving his -;sheep
across the dead line, relying' ou you
having got his letter ter. the cattlemen
to make it safe, it seemed luck:too
good to be true. All I had to domes.,
to persuade you to stay right here
with me, and Mr. Morse would walk
into the pass and be Wiped but. You
get the beauty of it, my friend, don't
r
you?• Y m responsible, but it wi1L"'
Fernura and his friends:that will bear
the blame. There ain't but one Bay
in the whole thing; Morse will never
know that it's me' that killed him.."
"You deviil" cried the boy, with
impotent passion.
"I've' waited ten years. for this day;
'and it's come at last. Dont you
think for a moment I'm going to..
weaken. No, I,sirl You'll sit there
with my gun poked in your face just".
as you've sat for six hours. It's my
say-so to -day, sir," Boone retorted,
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